Fourth floor hallway

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin had no idea how he had been talked into this.

But here he was, stack of posters in his hand and a roll of tape in his mouth, running for freaking public office.

Callisto's a hard person to say no to, though.

He sighed and looked at the poster
he had just put up.

Then moved a few meters down the hall and put up another one.

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Ten bucks says your valedictorian is a gremlin," Rory grinned.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"What's a valedictorian?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory sighed. "Forgot you wouldn't know that. It's the student with the highest GPA, who speaks at graduation and leads everyone in the ceremonial stuff."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Ceremonial stuff?" Anakin looked a little panicked.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Nothing to panic over. There's a thing with these hats you wear, and they have little tassles, and you move them from one side to the next. Valedictorian leads that," Rory said.

She wondered why it had never occurred to her that this particular tradition was more than a little ridiculous when explained.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin nodded, his eyes making it perfectly clear he had no idea what she was talking about.

"Uh-huh."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory sighed and waved a hand. "You'll understand in May."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Anakin said, taping another poster to the wall.

"Oh," he said, keeping his voice casual. "Talked to Lee the other day."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory froze. "Oh?" she asked, trying to keep her tone light.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin, very conscious that they were in the middle of a hallway, kept his tone just as light. "It was a misunderstanding on his part," he said. "He's sorry and won't be bringing it up again."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory frowned. "You're sure?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin nodded. "Yes. I explained that the teasing wasn't appropriate, since there's nothing to tease about, and he agreed. He's a reasonable guy, after all. He just needed a bit of time to see, um, our point of view."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory sighed. "Well, I'm glad you got through to him. 'Cause I tried, and he just did not want to listen. Maybe you're just more persuasive."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin shrugged. "Guy-to-guy, he seemed finally to get it."

He was reminded of his conversation with Smith and sighed. "Oh, are you going to be around later tonight? There's a thing I need to tell you about, but, um, not here."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory arched a brow. "I should be. I'm going to go see what Parker's up to, and I kind of want to talk to Angel, but I'm sure I can pencil you in. Everything all right?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin's eyes were serious. "I'll tell you later," he promised.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory, a bit worried, replied, "Okay. Um. Sufficiently concerned now."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Nothing life-threatening," Anakin assured her with a small smile. "What are you going to talk to Angel about?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Callisto," Rory grinned. "And I haven't seen him recently. So I figured I'd stop by, see how he and Sean are, so forth."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"That sounds like fun," Anakin said with a smile. "But I think I have another two hundred miles of corridors to stick posters on. Catch up later?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Definitely," Rory nodded. "Unless you'd rather I stay and help, 'cause I could."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I'll probably be doing this a few more times before the election," he said, rolling his eyes a little. "You can help me on the next one." He waved. "Have fun with Parker and Angel."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"'Kay," Rory agreed. "And that's a sentence I never thought I'd hear." She started walking backwards towards the staircase, waving.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin shrugged. "Not saying I'm going to have fun with them," he said.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"'Fun,' and 'Angel' really don't belong in the same sentence, much less when combined with 'Parker,' too," Rory smiled. She wiggled her fingers in a final wave before disappearing into the stairwell.